Anchor support for boats



Jan. 26, 1954 R. J. MCCULLOUGH 2,667,140

ANCHOR SUPPORT FOR BOATS Filed May 7, 1953 IN VENTOR ATTORNEYS RJM UuZZouyh m l'll Patented Jan. 26, 1954 UNITED .STATJEI id ATENT' "OFFICE 1 Claim. 1

This invention appertains to an improvement in means for mounting an anchor on a small boat, such as a row boat or the like, and has for its primary object to provide means for attaching an anchor to a boat in a manner to facilitate the raising and lowering of the anchor, to eliminate the necessity of hauling the anchor into the boat and to eliminate tangling of the anchor rope or chain.

Another object of this invention is to provide means for retaining the anchor in a raised position relative to a boat in a manner to prevent the anchor from swinging against the boat and from swinging laterally of the boat or in any direction.

Another object of this invention is to provide an anchor attaching and supporting means which embodies a detachable clamping member that supports outwardly from the boat a ring within which the anchor is held and which prevents the anchor from swinging or swaying.

Another object of this invention is to provide means for resiliently attaching the anchor rope or chain to the clamping means so as to take up.

the shock caused by the weight of the anchor as it reaches its submerged position.

These and ancillary objects and structural features of merit are attained by this invention, the preferred embodiment of which is set forth in the following description and illustrated in the 1- accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View of an anchor attaching and retaining means constructed in accordance with this invention and showing the same attached to the stern of a boat,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal horizontal sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a vertical cross sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the acconn panying drawing, the numeral H] designates the stern of a boat, of the small craft type, for example a row boat, and detachably secured to the upper end of the stem is a C-clamp I2. Projecting from the web of the clamp adjacent one s end thereof and adapted to project rearwardly and slightly upwardly from the stern of the boat is a block it, which has a vertically disposed rectanguiar opening is to accommodate a pulley Hi. The pulley is rotatably mounted on a pin 20 which extends transversely through the block and is suitably affixed at its ends to the sides of the block. The pulley it serves as a guide for the anchor rope 22 orany other suitable flexible member which may be used as the anchor attaching means. The rope 22 is connected by an eye screw 24 to the cylindrical, solid weight 26. Depending from the solid projecting tip or outer end 28 of the block is a rod 39 that extends downwardly and outwardly from the block. The rod 30 supports at its lower end a ring 32, which is covered with any suitable covering 34, as for example, rubber or soft plastic. The ring 32 is carried in a horizontal plane by the rod 38 and underlies the pulley 18 so as to be coincident with the path of downward movement of the weight 26. As shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, the weight 26 when in a raised position, is disposed within the ring 32 and is prevented thereby from swinging or swaying.

Upstanding from the C-clamp I2 and secured to the web thereof by welding or other means, is a bolt 36. A spring 38 is concentrically coiled on the shank of the bolt 36 and has its lower end bearing on the web of the C-clamp. The upper end of the spring bears against a nut 40 secured on the upper end of the bolt. The rope 22 has one end securely clamped between the upper convolutions of the spring 34 and the rope is wound around the bolt between the other convolutions, which function to snub the rope.

To lower the anchor, from its raised position within the ring 32, the rope is unwound from the bolt and spring and is manually played out. As the rope is played out, the spring snubs the rope and the shock is absorbed by the spring 38. The ring 32 retains the anchor in its raised position in a manner to prevent the anchor from swinging against the stern it of the boat or from swaying. Thus, the ring enables the anchor to be retained in a secure position outside of the boat, eliminating the necessity for hauling the anchor into the boat. Furthermore, the ring serves to dislodge debris and other matter that may cling to the anchor, when it is raised. The pulley l8 and its housing serves to guide the rope and prevents the rope from becoming entangled.

To remove the anchor from the boat, the nut to may be backed off the bolt and the spring 38 withdrawn from the bolt or the C-clamp l2 can be detached from the stern it.

While the best known form of this invention has been illustrated and described, it is obvious that other forms may be realized, so that limitation is sought only in accordance with the appended claim.

What is claimed is For use with a boat, an anchoring means comprising a clamp adapted to be detachably secured to the stern'of a boat, a guide pulley carried by 3 said clamp and adapted to be disposed rearwardly from the stern, a rearwardly extending lug on said guide pulley, a flexible member slidably disposed through the guide pulley, a rod extending downwardly and rearwardly from said lug, a. ring carried by said rod and disposed in a horizontal plane below and concentric with the vertical axis of the guide pulley, an anchor carried by the flexible member and adapted to be positioned when in a, raised position within the ring and a vertically positioned coil spring on the upper 4 side of said clamp on which the flexible member is wound when the anchor is raised.

ROBERT J. MCCULLOUGH.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1.109,052 Edman et al Sept. 1, 1914 2,632,418 Gronquist Mar. 24, 1953 10 2,642,025 Swonger June 16, 1953 

